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Shonen Jump


FEB 2004, Vol 2. Issue 01, number 13. Title from cover. "The world's most popular manga" The American version of the most popular manga magazine in Japan will feature comics from the original Japanese edition. They will be printed right to left to preserve the artwork, but with English dialogue to make them easy to read.
Date Published:2004

Guts

Telgemeier, Raina,


School Library Journal starred, August 2019. Horn Book starred, September 2019. Publishers Weekly, May 2019. Booklist, June 2019. New York Times, December 2019. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), September 2019. Kirkus Review, June 2019. Raina wakes up one night with a terrible upset stomach. Her mom has one, too, so it's probably just a bug. Raina eventually returns to school, where she's dealing with the usual highs and lows: friends, not-friends, and classmates who think the school year is just one long gross-out session. It soon becomes clear that Raina's tummy trouble isn't going away... and it coincides with her worries about food, school, and changing friendships. What's going on?
Date Published:2019

School Library Journal starred, August 2019. Horn Book starred, September 2019. Publishers Weekly, May 2019. Booklist, June 2019. New York Times, December 2019. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), September 2019. Kirkus Review, June 2019. Raina wakes up one night with a terrible upset stomach. Her mom has one, too, so it's probably just a bug. Raina eventually returns to school, where she's dealing with the usual highs and lows: friends, not-friends, and classmates who think the school year is just one long gross-out session. It soon becomes clear that Raina's tummy trouble isn't going away... and it coincides with her worries about food, school, and changing friendships. What's going on?

Date Published:2019

Sisters

Telgemeier, Raina,


Companion to: Smile. School Library Journal starred, July 2014. Booklist starred, June 2014. Horn Book starred, November 2014. Publishers Weekly, May 2014. Kirkus starred, June 2014. New York Times, August 2014. Horn Book, April 2015. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), September 2014. Library Media Connection, January 2015. Raina can't wait to be a big sister. But once Amara is born, things aren't quite how she expected them to be. Amara is cute, but she's also a cranky, grouchy baby, and mostly prefers to play by herself. Their relationship doesn't improve much over the years, but when a baby brother enters the picture and later, something doesn't seem right between their parents, they realize they must figure out how to get along. They are sisters, after all.
Date Published:2014

Companion to: Smile. School Library Journal starred, July 2014. Booklist starred, June 2014. Horn Book starred, November 2014. Publishers Weekly, May 2014. Kirkus starred, June 2014. New York Times, August 2014. Horn Book, April 2015. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), September 2014. Library Media Connection, January 2015. Raina can't wait to be a big sister. But once Amara is born, things aren't quite how she expected them to be. Amara is cute, but she's also a cranky, grouchy baby, and mostly prefers to play by herself. Their relationship doesn't improve much over the years, but when a baby brother enters the picture and later, something doesn't seem right between their parents, they realize they must figure out how to get along. They are sisters, after all.

Date Published:2014

Dog Man : fetch-22 /

Pilkey, Dav, 1966-,


Kirkus Review, Petey the Cat is out of jail, and he has a brand-new lease on life. While Petey's reevaluated what matters most, Li'l Petey is struggling to find the good in the world. Can Petey and Dog Man stop fighting like cats and dogs long enough to put their paws together and work as a team? They need each other now more than ever -- Li'l Petey (and the world) is counting on them!
Date Published:2019

Justice League united

Justic League united (Comic book)


Title from cover.
Date Published:2014

Diary of a wimpy kid, Book 13 : the meltdown /

Kinney, Jeff,


Horn Book Guide, October 2018. When snow shuts down Greg Heffley's middle school, his neighborhood transforms into a wintry battlefield. Rival groups fight over territory, build massive snow forts, and stage epic snowball fights. And in the crosshairs are Greg and his trusty best friend, Rowley Jefferson. It's a fight for survival as Greg and Rowley navigate alliances, betrayals, and warring gangs in a neighborhood meltdown. When the snow clears, will Greg and Rowley emerge as heroes? Or will they even survive to see another day?
Date Published:2018

Horn Book Guide, October 2018. When snow shuts down Greg Heffley's middle school, his neighborhood transforms into a wintry battlefield. Rival groups fight over territory, build massive snow forts, and stage epic snowball fights. And in the crosshairs are Greg and his trusty best friend, Rowley Jefferson. It's a fight for survival as Greg and Rowley navigate alliances, betrayals, and warring gangs in a neighborhood meltdown. When the snow clears, will Greg and Rowley emerge as heroes? Or will they even survive to see another day?

Date Published:2018

Diary of a wimpy kid, Book 12 : the getaway /

Kinney, Jeff,


Junior Library Guild. Booklist, January 01, 2018. Horn Book Guide, With the cold weather and the stress of the approaching holiday season, the Heffleys decide to escape to a tropical island resort for some much-needed rest and relaxation. A few days in paradise should do wonders for Greg and his frazzled family. But the Heffleys soon discover that paradise isn't everything it's cracked up to be. Sun poisoning, stomach troubles, and venomous critters all threaten to ruin the family's vacation. Can their trip be saved, or will this island getaway end in disaster?
Date Published:2017

Junior Library Guild. Booklist, January 01, 2018. Horn Book Guide, With the cold weather and the stress of the approaching holiday season, the Heffleys decide to escape to a tropical island resort for some much-needed rest and relaxation. A few days in paradise should do wonders for Greg and his frazzled family. But the Heffleys soon discover that paradise isn't everything it's cracked up to be. Sun poisoning, stomach troubles, and venomous critters all threaten to ruin the family's vacation. Can their trip be saved, or will this island getaway end in disaster?

Date Published:2017

Ground Zero : a novel of 9/11 /

Gratz, Alan, 1972-,


Brandon is visiting his dad on the 107th floor of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 when the attack comes; Reshmina is a girl in Afghanistan who has grown up in the aftermath of that attack but dreams of peace, becoming a teacher and escaping her village and the narrow role that the Taliban believes is appropriate for women--both are struggling to survive, both changed forever by the events of 9/11.
Date Published:2021

Brandon is visiting his dad on the 107th floor of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 when the attack comes; Reshmina is a girl in Afghanistan who has grown up in the aftermath of that attack but dreams of peace, becoming a teacher and escaping her village and the narrow role that the Taliban believes is appropriate for women--both are struggling to survive, both changed forever by the events of 9/11.

Date Published:2021

Diary of a wimpy kid, Book 11 : double down /

Kinney, Jeff,


Booklist, December 01, 2016. Horn Book Guide, The pressure's really piling up on Greg Heffley. His mom thinks video games are turning his brain to mush, so she wants her son to put down the controller and explore his creative side. As if that's not scary enough, Halloween's just around the corner and the frights are coming at Greg from every angle. When Greg discovers a bag of gummy worms, it sparks an idea. Can he get his mom off his back by making a movie . . . and will he become rich and famous in the process? Or will doubling down on this plan just double Greg's troubles?
Date Published:2016

Booklist, December 01, 2016. Horn Book Guide, The pressure's really piling up on Greg Heffley. His mom thinks video games are turning his brain to mush, so she wants her son to put down the controller and explore his creative side. As if that's not scary enough, Halloween's just around the corner and the frights are coming at Greg from every angle. When Greg discovers a bag of gummy worms, it sparks an idea. Can he get his mom off his back by making a movie . . . and will he become rich and famous in the process? Or will doubling down on this plan just double Greg's troubles?

Date Published:2016

Diary of a wimpy kid, Book 8 : hard luck /

Kinney, Jeff,


Booklist, December 2013. Publishers Weekly Annex, November 2013. Best books for children : preschool through grade 6. Wilson Children's core collection. Horn Book Guide, Greg Heffley's on a losing streak. His best friend, Rowley Jefferson, has ditched him, and finding new friends in middle school is proving to be a tough task. To change his fortunes, Greg decides to take a leap of faith and turn his decisions over to chance. Will a roll of the dice turn things around or is Greg's life destined to be just another hard-luck story?
Date Published:2013

Booklist, December 2013. Publishers Weekly Annex, November 2013. Best books for children : preschool through grade 6. Wilson Children's core collection. Horn Book Guide, Greg Heffley's on a losing streak. His best friend, Rowley Jefferson, has ditched him, and finding new friends in middle school is proving to be a tough task. To change his fortunes, Greg decides to take a leap of faith and turn his decisions over to chance. Will a roll of the dice turn things around or is Greg's life destined to be just another hard-luck story?

Date Published:2013

Refugee

Gratz, Alan.


Although separated by continents and decades, Josef, a Jewish boy living in 1930's Nazi Germany; Isabel, a Cuban girl trying to escape the riots and unrest plaguing her country in 1994; and Mahmoud, a Syrian boy in 2015 whose homeland is torn apart by violence and destruction, embark on harrowing journeys in search of refuge, discovering shocking connections that tie their stories together.
Date Published:2017

Grenade

Gratz, Alan,


On April 1, 1945 with the battle of Okinawa beginning, fourteen-year-old native Okinawan Hideki, drafted into the Blood and Iron Student Corps, is handed two grenades and told to go kill American soldiers. Hideki is small for his age and doesn't really want to kill anyone - he just wants to find his family. His struggle across the island will finally bring him face-to-face with Ray, a marine in his very first battle--and the choice he makes then will change his life forever.
Date Published:2018

On April 1, 1945 with the battle of Okinawa beginning, fourteen-year-old native Okinawan Hideki, drafted into the Blood and Iron Student Corps, is handed two grenades and told to go kill American soldiers. Hideki is small for his age and doesn't really want to kill anyone - he just wants to find his family. His struggle across the island will finally bring him face-to-face with Ray, a marine in his very first battle--and the choice he makes then will change his life forever.

Date Published:2018

Twilight

Meyer, Stephenie, 1973-


"Megan Tingley books." School Library Journal starred, October 2005. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), December 2005. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), October 2005. Kirkus Review, September 2005. When seventeen-year-old Bella leaves Phoenix to live with her father in Forks, Washington, she meets an exquisitely handsome boy at school for whom she feels an overwhelming attraction and who she comes to realize is not wholly human.
Date Published:2005

"Megan Tingley books." School Library Journal starred, October 2005. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), December 2005. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), October 2005. Kirkus Review, September 2005. When seventeen-year-old Bella leaves Phoenix to live with her father in Forks, Washington, she meets an exquisitely handsome boy at school for whom she feels an overwhelming attraction and who she comes to realize is not wholly human.

Date Published:2005

Diary of a wimpy kid, Book 16 : big shot /

Kinney, Jeff.,


Kirkus Review, December 2021. After a disastrous field day competition at school, Greg decides that when it comes to his athletic career, he's officially retired. But after his mom urges him to give sports one more chance, he reluctantly agrees to sign up for basketball. Tryouts are a mess, and Greg is sure he won't make the cut. But he unexpectedly lands a spot on the worst team. As Greg and his new teammates start the season, their chances of winning even a single game look slim. But in sports, anything can happen. When everything is on the line and the ball is in Greg's hands, will he rise to the occasion? Or will he blow his big shot?
Date Published:2021

Kirkus Review, December 2021. After a disastrous field day competition at school, Greg decides that when it comes to his athletic career, he's officially retired. But after his mom urges him to give sports one more chance, he reluctantly agrees to sign up for basketball. Tryouts are a mess, and Greg is sure he won't make the cut. But he unexpectedly lands a spot on the worst team. As Greg and his new teammates start the season, their chances of winning even a single game look slim. But in sports, anything can happen. When everything is on the line and the ball is in Greg's hands, will he rise to the occasion? Or will he blow his big shot?

Date Published:2021

Judy Moody and the not bummer summer

McDonald, Megan.


"Adapted from the original screenplay by Kathy Waugh and Megan McDonald"--Cover. "Based on the theatrical motion picture Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer"--Title page verso. Judy's big plans for the summer seem ruined when two of her best friends go away, and then her parents leave her and Stink with Aunt Opal, but a new "thrill-a-delic" plan has her racing toward fun.
Date Published:2011

War stories

Korman, Gordon.,


Junior Library Guild. Booklist starred reviews, Kirkus Reviews starred, School Library Connection starred, Twelve-year-old Trevor Firestone loves playing war-based video games and he idolizes his great-grandfather Jacob who came home from World War II a celebrated hero. Now ninety-three, Jacob wants to retrace his journey in memory and reality and return to the small French village that his unit liberated, and Trevor is going with him. Not everyone in the town wants Jacob to come though, and Trevor is going to learn an important lesson: real war is not a video game, and valor and heroism can be very murky concepts.
Date Published:2020

Junior Library Guild. Booklist starred reviews, Kirkus Reviews starred, School Library Connection starred, Twelve-year-old Trevor Firestone loves playing war-based video games and he idolizes his great-grandfather Jacob who came home from World War II a celebrated hero. Now ninety-three, Jacob wants to retrace his journey in memory and reality and return to the small French village that his unit liberated, and Trevor is going with him. Not everyone in the town wants Jacob to come though, and Trevor is going to learn an important lesson: real war is not a video game, and valor and heroism can be very murky concepts.

Date Published:2020

What we saw : a thriller /

Hahn, Mary Downing,


Publishers Weekly, August 08, 2022. Horn Book, September 2022. Kirkus, September 15, 2022. When best friends Abbi and Skylar witness a clandestine meeting between a mysterious woman and someone in a dark van, they're thrilled. But then a local woman goes missing and is found dead in the woods. Abbi and Skylar realize that their detective work could hold the keys to solving her murder. The girls find themselves in increasing danger and must choose between keeping a secret or exposing a life-altering truth.
Date Published:2022

Publishers Weekly, August 08, 2022. Horn Book, September 2022. Kirkus, September 15, 2022. When best friends Abbi and Skylar witness a clandestine meeting between a mysterious woman and someone in a dark van, they're thrilled. But then a local woman goes missing and is found dead in the woods. Abbi and Skylar realize that their detective work could hold the keys to solving her murder. The girls find themselves in increasing danger and must choose between keeping a secret or exposing a life-altering truth.

Date Published:2022

Teen Titans

Teen Titans (New York, N.Y. : 1996)


Title from cover.
Date Published:1996

Diary of a wimpy kid, Book 9 : the long haul /

Kinney, Jeff,


Publishers Weekly, Horn Book Guide, A family road trip is supposed to be a lot of fun . . . unless, of course, you’re the Heffleys. The journey starts off full of promise, then quickly takes several wrong turns. Gas station bathrooms, crazed seagulls, a fender bender, and a runaway pig—not exactly Greg Heffley’s idea of a good time. But even the worst road trip can turn into an adventure—and this is one the Heffleys won’t soon forget.
Date Published:2014

Publishers Weekly, Horn Book Guide, A family road trip is supposed to be a lot of fun . . . unless, of course, you’re the Heffleys. The journey starts off full of promise, then quickly takes several wrong turns. Gas station bathrooms, crazed seagulls, a fender bender, and a runaway pig—not exactly Greg Heffley’s idea of a good time. But even the worst road trip can turn into an adventure—and this is one the Heffleys won’t soon forget.

Date Published:2014

Hide and seeker

Hermon, Daka,


Something is wrong with twelve-year-old Zee, who has returned after a year's absence; nobody knows where he was or what happened to him, but now he is distracted and violent, freaking out when he sees his friends, Justin, Nia, and Lyric, playing an odd game of hide-and-seek, and talking wildly about some danger that is approaching--and soon his friends are pulled into a shadowy world ruled by a monstrous, shape-shifting Seeker, forced to play a terrifying game of hide-and-seek where they will have to confront their worst nightmares in order to find their way home.
Date Published:2020

Something is wrong with twelve-year-old Zee, who has returned after a year's absence; nobody knows where he was or what happened to him, but now he is distracted and violent, freaking out when he sees his friends, Justin, Nia, and Lyric, playing an odd game of hide-and-seek, and talking wildly about some danger that is approaching--and soon his friends are pulled into a shadowy world ruled by a monstrous, shape-shifting Seeker, forced to play a terrifying game of hide-and-seek where they will have to confront their worst nightmares in order to find their way home.

Date Published:2020